Joan Frank's Biography
Member Info
Bob Duxbury, playwright
Jan 2008
Joan Frank is the author of five books of fiction and one new essay collection: BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO: A WRITING LIFE. Her most recent novel, MAKE IT STAY, was called "First class fiction" by Kirkus Reviews. She is a MacDowell Colony Fellow, Pushcart Prize nominee, winner of the FOREWORD Book of the Year Award, Richard Sullivan Prize, and Dana Award; a finalist for the 2011 California Book Award and recipient of grants from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, and Sonoma Arts Council. She has taught Creative Writing at San Francisco State University, and continues to teach in private consultation. She lives in Northern California. Visit Joan at www.joanfrank.org.
Influences
K.A. Porter, Katherine Mansfield, Edna O'Brien, Elizabeth Bowen, Mavis Gallant, Anita Brookner, Alice Munro, Lorrie Moore, Mary Gaitskill, Brian Morton, Colm Toibin
Upcoming Works
IN ENVY COUNTRY: Stories, 2010, The University of Notre Dame Press
Recommended Links
Publishers
University of Missouri Press
University of Michigan Press
The Permanent Press
University of Notre Dame Press
About Joan
Joan Frank is the author of five books of fiction and one new essay collection: BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO: A WRITING LIFE. Her most recent novel, MAKE IT STAY, was called "First class fiction" by Kirkus Reviews. She is a MacDowell Colony Fellow, Pushcart Prize...
Causes Joan Frank Supports
Unicef, Amnesty International